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A new eight-part Netflix drama explores the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster in Japan.

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#earthquake with depth around 60km. It was preceded by a foreshock too which I felt."Tragically it was only last week that the country paid tribute to those that died in 2011's 9.0 earthquake and tsunami which led to large areas around the Fukushima Nuclear Power plant being completely irradiated.

Daily Star's biggest headlines straight to your inbox!Radioactive wild boars have been breeding with Japan's domestic pigs to create a new hybrid species, researchers say.Scientists investigating the effects of Fukushima's nuclear disaster in 2011 on the region's animals report that radiation has had no adverse effects on their genetics.However, the area's wild boars bred with domestic pigs that escaped from nearby properties after farmers had to flee, creating a new hybrid species.A study has led by Donovan Anderson, a researcher at Fukushima University in Japan, analysed DNA samples from muscles of 243 wild boars, pigs and boar-pig hybrids, taken from local slaughterhouses.The results proved that 31 wild boar, or 16% of the wild boar from

a 7.1 magnitude quake had struck off the coast of Fukushima Daini Nuclear Power Plant Unit 1 – with worries the facility could have been damaged.According to NHK, there has been a leak of nuclear fuel at the plant which is in the Fukushima Prefecture.Pool water used for storing spent nuclear fuel may have escaped and contaminated the surrounding area.However, reports also suggest the risk to workers and the surrounding area is low as the level of radiation is not an extreme risk.TEPCO reports: "a patrol found that about 160 ml of pool water for storing spent nuclear fuel at Fukushima Daini Nuclear Power Plant Unit 1 in preparation for decommissioning in Fukushima Prefecture had leaked into a ditch next to the pool."It seems that it

Ed Meza @edmezavarJapanese filmmaker Tomoko Kana is revisiting the legacy of nuclear catastrophe in a new feature film project that brings together survivors of Fukushima and Chernobyl.Kana and producer Mari Mukai are looking for primarily German partners for the project, which they presented at this year’s Venice Gap-Financing Market and which will shoot to a large extent in Germany.“A Picture Book” is a very personal project for Kana that reflects her own experiences, according to Mukai, Kana’s partner at Kyoto-based Horizon Pictures.The film follows Satoko, a 32-year-old mother who every night reads her 4-year-old daughter a picture book, “Nina’s Apple Tree.” Satoko’s peaceful life changes dramatically after a strong earthquake and a